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Select Gender-Based Violence Literature Reviews Gender-Based Violence in the Mena Among Religious and Other Minorities in Conflict Settings SELECT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE LITERATURE REVIEWS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE MENA AMONG RELIGIOUS AND OTHER MINORITIES IN CONFLICT SETTINGS Contract No. GS-10F-0033M / Order No. 7200AA18M00016, Tasking N008 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by NORC at the University of Chicago. Author views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government DRG LEARNING, EVALUATION, AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY II SELECT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE LITERATURE REVIEWS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA AMONG RELIGIOUS AND OTHER MINORITIES IN CONFLICT SETTINGS (MAY 2020) Prepared under Contract No. GS-10F-0033M Order No. 7200AA18M00016, Tasking N008 Submitted to: Brandy Witthoft, COR Submitted by: Assata Zerai, Senior Evaluation Expert Contractor: NORC at the University of Chicago Attention: Renee Hendley, Project Manager Bethesda, MD 20814 Tel: 301-634-9489: Email: [email protected] DISCLAIMER The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. CONTRACT NO. GS-10F-0033M / ORDER NO. 7200AA18M00016 / DRG-LER II TASKING N008 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 KEY FINDINGS 1 RECOMMENDATIONS 2 INTRODUCTION 4 DEFINITIONS 4 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 4 FOCUS COUNTRIES 4 INTERSECTIONALITY AND RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES 4 CONFLICT SETTINGS 5 THE MENA CONTEXT, GBV AND DATA LIMITATIONS 5 GBV WITHIN FRAGILE AND CONFLICT SETTINGS IN THE MENA 8 GBV AGAINST RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES WITHIN CONFLICT SETTINGS 8 IRAQ 8 LIBYA 9 SYRIA 10 YEMEN 11 GBV AGAINST MINORITY GROUPS WITHIN OTHER FRAGILE SETTINGS IN THE MENA 11 EGYPT 11 JORDAN 12 LEBANON 12 MOROCCO 13 TUNISIA 13 STATE AND NON-STATE POLICIES AND RESPONSES AND EVALUATION OF INTERVENTIONS 14 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 15 ANNEX A. GBV IN MENA AGAINST RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES BY COUNTRY 18 ANNEX B. TREATIES 29 ANNEX C. POLICIES 32 ANNEX D. RECOMMENDATIONS 34 ANNEX E. SOURCES OF INFORMATION 36 USAID.GOV Select GBV Literature Reviews: GBV and MENA among Religious and Other Minorities in Conflict Settings | i CONTRACT NO. GS-10F-0033M / ORDER NO. 7200AA18M00016 / DRG-LER II TASKING N008 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. GBV in MENA Against Religious and Ethnic Minorities in Fragile and Conflict Settings, by Country (Zerai 2020) 19 Table 2. Ratification of Treaties Relevant to SGBV 30 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Percentage of Girls Aged 15 to 19 Years Who Ever Experienced Forced Sex 7 Figure 2. State and non-state policies and responses to sgbv in the MENA: established rubrics for analyzing laws, policies and programs 33 Figure 3. Recommendations relevant to SGBV against minority groups from Mariana Mora (2013) 35 USAID.GOV Select GBV Literature Reviews: GBV and MENA among Religious and Other Minorities in Conflict Settings | ii CONTRACT NO. GS-10F-0033M / ORDER NO. 7200AA18M00016 / DRG-LER II TASKING N008 ACRONYMS GBV Gender-Based Violence ICMPD International Center for Migration Policy Development IDP Internally Displaced Persons IOM International Organization for Migration ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and Syria IRC International Rescue Committee MENA Middle East and North Africa OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights SBF Security Belt Forces SGBV Sexual and Gender-Based Violence ROYG Republic of Yemen Government UAE United Arab Emirates UNAMI United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNSML United Nations Support Mission in Libya UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency USAID United States Agency for International Development USAID.GOV Select GBV Literature Reviews: GBV and MENA among Religious and Other Minorities in Conflict Settings | i CONTRACT NO. GS-10F-0033M / ORDER NO. 7200AA18M00016 / DRG-LER II TASKING N008 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-supported literature review explores gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) against ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The review is an activity under the USAID Gender-Based Violence Learning Agenda, which seeks to promote deeper understanding of the dynamics of GBV globally with the aim of informing USAID programming. The review, therefore, addresses the following question(s): How does gender-based violence (GBV, to include sexual violence) targeting members of religious minorities differ from other kinds of GBV in conflict settings? Are there differences in GBV targeting minority women in conflict vs. non-conflict settings? What, if any, governmental and unofficial policies are in place to respond to GBV targeted against religious minorities? What do we learn from descriptive statistics, policy analysis, and case studies from the MENA region, and from rigorous evaluation of interventions to reduce GBV in the MENA? While a fair amount has been written on GBV in conflict settings, the current paper looks specifically at GBV against members of religious and other minorities, focusing mainly on the MENA, but also drawing comparisons with other parts of the world. As GBV against minorities occurs frequently in unstable environments, the paper provides an overview of gender-based violence, including sexual violence in conflict settings. We also discuss the relationship between conflict and GBV among minorities, with an emphasis on countries in the MENA where USAID has presence; how GBV targeting members of religious minorities is different from other kinds of GBV in conflict settings; and whether there are differences in GBV targeting minority women in conflict vs. non-conflict settings. We then consider the strengths and shortcomings of well-established rubrics to analyze relevant state and non-state policies and responses to GBV, assess interventions to reduce GBV in the MENA, and conclude with recommendations. KEY FINDINGS The literature has little information on, and few assessments of, GBV/SGBV targeted against religious and ethnic minorities (REM) in the MENA, and even fewer case studies of interventions. The literature suggests that a multifaceted strategy is most effective at reducing GBV in general, however. Addressing cultural norms and legal frameworks, raising awareness, and documenting and monitoring violence and interventions that focus on perspectives of survivors and perpetrators are all essential. Given the lack of information on GBV in the MENA, there are very few policies concerning GBV among REM. And while the guidelines for analyzing laws, policies, and programs relevant to GBV are helpful, they do not address intersectionality, especially the different impacts upon religious and ethnic minorities. Moreover, such guidelines focus on GBV generally rather than conflict-related GBV specifically. Examining GBV against religious and ethnic minorities in specific MENA countries during conflict, in Iraq we find that increases in violence against women and girls are a byproduct of the 2003 U.S. invasion. Poor women are especially at risk, regardless of ethnicity or religious conviction. In conflict-affected Iraq, women and girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual and gender-based USAID.GOV Select GBV Literature Reviews: GBV and MENA among Religious and Other Minorities in Conflict Settings | 1 CONTRACT NO. GS-10F-0033M / ORDER NO. 7200AA18M00016 / DRG-LER II TASKING N008 violence, including trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has engaged in widely reported trafficking and enslavement of Yazidi women and children. Yazidis in war-torn Syria face similar circumstances: women and girls are forced into sexual slavery, and are tortured and separated from their families. Perpetrators of conflict-related GBV in Libya have also targeted minority groups since the 2011 revolution. Victims include indigenous women and girls, as well as displaced and migrant communities in Libya. In Yemen, where civil war rages on, migrants and displaced persons are subject to GBV and various forms of SGBV. According to USG reporting, Government of Yemen Security Belt Forces (SBF) are involved in a range of crimes, including abduction and rape of women and girls, and financial extortion of families and communities. In addition to GBV in these conflict settings, migrants and refugees, largely REM populations in their host countries, face GBV across the region. RECOMMENDATIONS Experts’ recommendations include: • Multisectoral interventions are most effective. Preventing GBV against women and girls requires “systematic, sustained programming across the social ecology (i.e., the delicate equilibrium of interacting social, institutional, cultural, and political contexts of people’s lives) to transform gender-power inequalities” (Michau et al. 2015, 1672). • Feminist, socio-ecological, and intersectional approaches highlight the structural antecedents of GBV. Interventions that adopt socio-ecological approaches have been effective in multiple settings. But regardless of the structural perspective, the critically important goal remains women’s equality (Human Rights Watch 2017). • Physical prevention, case management, and emergency health and mental-health services are urgently needed for survivors
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